2023 Italian F4 Championship

The 2023 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the tenth season of the Italian F4 Championship.

2023 Italian F4 Championship

Drivers' champion: Kacper Sztuka
Teams' Champion: Prema Racing
Rookies' Champion: Arvid Lindblad
Women's Champion: Tina Hausmann

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2024

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Prema Racing 3 Ugo Ugochukwu[1] All 8 Tuukka Taponen[2] R All 13 James Wharton[3] All 14 Rashid Al Dhaheri[4] R All 16 Aurelia Nobels[a][6] W 1–2, 4–7 23 Arvid Lindblad[7] R All 47 Nicola Lacorte[8] R All 51 Bianca Bustamante[9] W 3 80 Alex Powell[10] R 6–7 Van Amersfoort Racing 4 Pablo Sarrazin[11] 5 7 Matheus Ferreira[12] R All 11 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev[13] 1–5 15 Brando Badoer[14] All 17 Ivan Domingues[15] 1–6 45 Jack Beeton[16] R All 77 Freddie Slater[17] R 6–7 PHM Racing 5 Davide Larini[10] R 6–7 10 Valentin Kluss[18] 1–5 48 James Egozi[b][19] R All 53 Giacomo Pedrini[20] R 6–7 57 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[21] 1–6 78 Victoria Blokhina[c][22] W All 81 Tom Kalender[23] R 7 AKM Motorsport 5 Davide Larini[24] R 1–4 6 Kamal Mrad[25] 7 21 Tina Hausmann[24] R W All 22 Enzo Deligny[d][24] R 1, 5 86 Diego de la Torre[26] 4–7 87 Frederik Lund[e][28] 2–6 88 Griffin Peebles[f][24] R 1 BVM Racing 9 Alfio Spina[29] All 18 Andrea Frassineti[29] 1–2, 4 19 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[29] 1 72 Alvise Rodella[11] R 5 US Racing 12 Gianmarco Pradel[30] R All 20 Zachary David[31] R All 31 Akshay Bohra[g][32] R All 37 Kacper Sztuka[33] All 66 Ruiqi Liu[34] R All 94 Kabir Anurag[35] R 6–7 Jenzer Motorsport 24 Shimo Zhang[36] R 7 26 Hwarang Kim[37] 1–3, 5–6 27 Ethan Ischer[38] All 29 Ariel Elkin[39] R All 61 Finn Wiebelhaus[40] R 4, 7 88 Griffin Peebles[11] R 5 Maffi Racing 55 Gabriel Holguin[11] R 5 AS Motorsport 61 Finn Wiebelhaus[5] R 1 62 Manuel Quondamcarlo[41] R 1–2 Airflow Racing 63 Guido Luchetti[42] R All R-ace GP 76 Raphaël Narac[43] R[h] All 85 Matteo De Palo[5] R 1 93 Matteo Quintarelli[i][43] R All 94 Kabir Anurag[11] R 5

Icon Legend R Rookie W Woman Trophy

• Aurelia Nobels was initially confirmed to be racing for Iron Dames, but was later placed in its sister team Prema Racing.^[44][6]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 24 October 2022.^[45] The four race format was used when the number of the entrants exceeded the circuit's capacity.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Secondary Class Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Imola Circuit	22 April	Kacper Sztuka	Brando Badoer	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Nicola Lacorte W: Tina Hausmann	Formula Regional European Championship TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Italian Prototype Championship Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
	R2			Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Aurelia Nobels
	R3		23 April	Ugo Ugochukwu	James Wharton	Nicola Lacorte	Prema Racing	R: Nicola Lacorte W: no participants
	R4			Nicola Lacorte	Brando Badoer	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Aurelia Nobels
2	R1	Misano World Circuit	6 May	Tuukka Taponen	Kacper Sztuka	Tuukka Taponen	Prema Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Victoria Blokhina	Italian GT Championship TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
	R2			Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Victoria Blokhina
	R3		7 May	Arvid Lindblad	Zachary David	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Victoria Blokhina
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 May	James Wharton	Arvid Lindblad	James Wharton	Prema Racing	R: Zachary David W: Tina Hausmann	International GT Open Euroformula Open GT Cup Open Europe TCR World Tour TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	R2		28 May	James Wharton	James Wharton	James Wharton	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Bianca Bustamante
	R3			Kacper Sztuka	Zachary David	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	R: Zachary David W: Bianca Bustamante
4	R1	Monza Circuit	24 June	Brando Badoer	Ugo Ugochukwu	Arvid Lindblad[j]	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Tina Hausmann	Italian GT Championship Italian Prototype Championship
	R2		25 June	Arvid Lindblad	Ugo Ugochukwu	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Victoria Blokhina
	R3			Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Aurelia Nobels
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	22 July	Ugo Ugochukwu	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels	International GT Open Euroformula Open GT Cup Open Europe Formula Regional European Championship TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	R2		23 July	Kacper Sztuka	Ugo Ugochukwu	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Tina Hausmann
	R3			James Wharton	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	30 September	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Gianmarco Pradel W: Tina Hausmann	Italian GT Championship Italian Prototype Championship Euroformula Open Championship
	R2		1 October	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Akshay Bohra W: Tina Hausmann
	R3			Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Akshay Bohra W: Tina Hausmann
7	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	14 October	Kacper Sztuka	Brando Badoer	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels	Italian GT Championship TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Italian Prototype Championship
	R2			Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels
	R3		15 October	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual standings was obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver IMO MIS SPA MNZ LEC MUG VLL Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[k] R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Kacper Sztuka 1 Ret Ret 4 Ret 4 6 2 24 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 315 2 Ugo Ugochukwu 1 Ret 3 6 3 2 4 7 1 25 2 8 2 3 5 2 2 2 1 4 2 280 3 Arvid Lindblad 2 2 1 2 1 1 5 3 Ret 1 1 1 8 4 6 5 31† 10 6 9 14 263.5 4 James Wharton 23† 5 12 3 2 28 1 1 3 6 5 5 3 Ret 2 8 9 3 5 6 4 205.5 5 Tuukka Taponen 9 9 28† 1 4 5 7 18 7 3 27† 17 4 2 3 15 4 5 2 2 3 196 6 Brando Badoer 2 4 27† 5 8 Ret 3 Ret 4 2 3 Ret 7 Ret 4 7 32† 6 8 3 5 165 7 Zachary David 6 3 5 Ret 6 3 2 6 2 26† 11 6 34† 5 14 Ret 8 7 4 23 6 144 8 Akshay Bohra 4 19 7 Ret 7 10 8 4 6 7 26† 3 Ret 6 12 6 3 4 Ret Ret 7 113 9 Nicola Lacorte 3 1 4 8 11 8 16 13 8 11 7 9 32 12 15 29† 10 17 9 24 12 75 10 Rashid Al Dhaheri 7 7 30† 7 DNS 6 9 8 Ret 29† 10 4 11 9 25 4 5 26 17 10 21 68 11 Ivan Domingues 4 3 24 23 5 7 20 11 DNS 16 Ret 29† 6 30 23 10 19 8 56 12 Alfio Spina 5 5 2 11 9 9 12 21 11 5 12 Ret 10 11 11 13 20 Ret 20 13 28 53 13 Gianmarco Pradel Ret 11 9 9 10 12 29 9 20 9 8 7 9 10 18 3 7 15 11 16 22 42 14 James Egozi 8 9 11 12 12 11 14 12 9 8 Ret 20 5 7 Ret 12 17 11 10 7 9 37 15 Valentin Kluss 6 6 6 10 18 17 11 14 10 27† 6 12 16 14 Ret 34 16 Freddie Slater 9 6 27† 15 5 8 24 17 Ariel Elkin 11 Ret 13 20 14 Ret 13 10 Ret 13 9 Ret 15 21 8 14 15 12 7 8 15 16.5 18 Matheus Ferreira 12 DSQ Ret 26† Ret 14 10 Ret 5 10 13 15 20 19 10 11 11 9 12 12 Ret 15 19 Raphaël Narac 13 15 18 Ret 25† 19 26 5 15 14 Ret 11 Ret 25 7 16 12 28† 16 11 31 11 20 Matteo De Palo 24† 7 8 10 21 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 18 8 29† 13 16 18 19 25 12 12 15 28 13 8 13 Ret 16 Ret 8 22 Enzo Deligny 10 8 10 18 13 9 8 23 Jack Beeton 13 10 26 17 17 Ret 28 DSQ EX 18 16 10 17 Ret 32† 21 14 14 13 Ret 11 2 24 Alex Powell 28 18 Ret 14 22 10 1 25 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 10 14 Ret 1 26 Aurelia Nobels 21 11 17 27† DNS WD 21 Ret 18 14 Ret 19 22 Ret 22 22 17 24 0 27 Hwarang Kim 12 12 31† 25† 20 21 22 17 18 23 20 17 20 25 18 0 28 Pablo Sarrazin 12 23 33† 0 29 Ethan Ischer 20 18 14 22 13 16 17 16 14 15 14 13 24 15 21 17 13 19 23 19 19 0 30 Ruiqi Liu 18 Ret Ret 28† 15 13 15 23 13 28† 18 14 19 Ret 26 18 21 13 32 14 20 0 31 Matteo Quintarelli 16 13 15 19 24 22 21 15 25 Ret 23 16 22 Ret 31 Ret Ret 16 19 Ret 13 0 32 Davide Larini 17 17 25 14 Ret 15 18 20 17 WD WD WD 26 26 29 18 15 16 0 33 Griffin Peebles 14 16 20 33 24 16 0 34 Andrea Frassineti 14 Ret WD 21 19 27 17 28† 19 0 35 Victoria Blokhina 22 15 19 15 21 26 Ret WD WD 24 20 21 25 22 22 25 28 23 28 20 33 0 36 Finn Wiebelhaus 15 19 16 19 19 23 29 Ret 17 0 37 Frederik Lund Ret Ret 24 23 22 16 Ret 17 25 Ret 18 Ret 23 23 Ret 0 38 Manuel Quondamcarlo 17 21 21 16 22 20 0 39 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 16 22 22 18 Ret 25 27 24 22 23 25 24 29 27 28 0 40 Tina Hausmann 19 20 Ret Ret WD WD 24 Ret 23 20 21 22 27 16 20 19 27 20 25 Ret 25 0 41 Kabir Anurag 26 17 Ret Ret 24 Ret 26 Ret 26 0 42 Giacomo Pedrini Ret 22 21 24 18 30 0 43 Shimo Zhang 21 Ret 18 0 44 Bianca Bustamante 25 19 19 0 45 Guido Luchetti 23 20 23 24 23 23 Ret Ret 21 Ret 24 27 30 26 27 27 29 24 31 Ret 29 0 46 Alvise Rodella 21 Ret 24 0 47 Kamal Mrad 33 21 32 0 48 Diego de la Torre 22 22 26 28 28 29 24 30 25 30 Ret 27 0 49 Tom Kalender 27 Ret 23 0 50 Gabriel Holguin 31 29 30 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[k] R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts IMO MIS SPA MNZ LEC MUG VLL

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Secondary classes standings

Pos	Driver	IMO				MIS			SPA			MNZ			LEC			MUG			VLL			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2[k]	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
Rookies' championship
1	Arvid Lindblad		1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	Ret	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	20†	5	3	5	10	322.5
2	Tuukka Taponen	6	5		17†	1	2	3	3	10	4	2	15†	11	1	1	1	9	2	2	1	1	1	307
3	Zachary David	3	2		3	Ret	3	2	1	3	1	12†	6	4	19†	3	8	Ret	6	3	2	14	2	236.5
4	Akshay Bohra	2	10		4	Ret	4	6	4	2	3	3	14†	2	Ret	4	7	4	1	1	Ret	Ret	3	215
5	Nicola Lacorte	1		1	2	4	6	5	10	8	5	7	2	6	17	8	9	17†	7	12	5	15	8	169
6	Rashid Al Dhaheri	4	3		18†	3	DNS	4	5	4	Ret	14†	5	3	5	6	14	2	3	16	13	6	16	154
7	James Egozi	5		4	8	6	7	7	8	7	6	4	Ret	12	2	5	Ret	7	12	6	6	3	5	148
8	Gianmarco Pradel		Ret	6	6	5	5	8	15	5	9	5	3	5	4	7	11	1	5	10	7	11	17	142
9	Matheus Ferreira		6	DSQ	Ret	13†	Ret	10	6	Ret	2	6	7	9	10	12	6	6	8	4	8	8	Ret	92
10	Ariel Elkin	8		Ret	9	11	8	Ret	7	6	Ret	8	4	Ret	6	13	4	8	11	7	4	4	11	90
11	Freddie Slater																	5	4	17†	11	2	4	52
12	Jack Beeton		7	5	16	9	10	Ret	12	DSQ	EX	9	8	7	7	Ret	19†	13	10	9	9	Ret	7	48
13	Enzo Deligny	7	4		7										8	9	5							40
14	Ruiqi Liu	12		Ret	Ret	14†	9	9	9	12	7	13†	9	8	9	Ret	15	11	14	8	23	9	15	26
15	Matteo De Palo	14†		3	5																			25
16	Raphaël Narac[h]														Ret	15	3	10	9	18†	12	7	23	24
17	Matteo Quintarelli		8	7	10	10	13	13	13	9	11	Ret	12	10	12	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	11	15	Ret	9	16
18	Davide Larini		9	9	15	7	Ret	11	11	11	8	WD	WD	WD				14	17	19	14	10	12	15
19	Alex Powell																	16	13	Ret	10	13	6	9
20	Griffin Peebles	9		8	12										18	14	10							7
21	Manuel Quondamcarlo	11	12		13	8	11	12																4
22	Finn Wiebelhaus	10		10	11							10	10	14							21	Ret	13	4
23	Tina Hausmann	13	11		Ret	Ret	WD	WD	14	Ret	12	11	11	13	14	10	12	12	18	13	18	Ret	19	1
24	Guido Luchetti		13	11	14	12	12	14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	15	15	16	16	15	19	15	22	Ret	21	1
25	Kabir Anurag														13	11	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	19	Ret	20	0
26	Alvise Rodella														11	Ret	13							0
27	Giacomo Pedrini																	Ret	15	14	17	12	22	0
28	Shimo Zhang																				16	Ret	14	0
29	Gabriel Holguin														16	17	17							0
30	Tom Kalender																				20	Ret	18	0
Women's championship
1	Tina Hausmann	1	3		Ret	Ret	WD	WD	1	Ret	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	Ret	2	310
2	Victoria Blokhina	3	2		2	1	1	1	Ret	WD	WD	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	301
3	Aurelia Nobels	2	1		1	2†	DNS	WD				2	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	2	1	1	1	290
4	Bianca Bustamante								2	1	1													55.5
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2[k]	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		IMO				MIS			SPA			MNZ			LEC			MUG			VLL

Teams' championship

Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos Team IMO MIS SPA MNZ LEC MUG VLL Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[k] R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Prema Racing 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 791 7 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 US Racing 1 3 11 5 4 6 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 546 4 19 Ret 7 9 7 4 6 4 6 7 8 3 9 5 12 3 3 4 4 14 6 3 Van Amersfoort Racing 2 4 3 22 5 5 7 3 11 4 2 3 10 6 19 4 7 6 6 8 3 5 258 16 12 4 24 17 8 14 10 24 5 10 13 15 7 23 10 9 11 8 12 5 8 4 PHM Racing 8 6 6 6 10 12 11 11 12 9 8 6 12 5 7 13 12 16 11 10 7 9 77 22 15 8 11 12 16 17 14 14 10 12 15 20 13 8 22 25 17 21 18 15 16 5 BVM Racing 5 5 14 2 11 9 9 12 21 11 5 12 19 10 11 11 13 20 Ret 20 13 28 54 10 Ret Ret 21 19 27 17 28† Ret 21 Ret 24 6 R-ace GP 13 16 7 8 19 24 19 21 5 15 14 23 11 22 17 7 16 12 16 16 11 13 21 24† 13 15 Ret 25† 22 26 15 25 Ret Ret 16 26 25 31 Ret Ret 29† 19 Ret 31 7 Jenzer Motorsport 11 12 13 20 13 16 13 10 14 13 9 13 15 15 8 14 13 12 7 8 15 16.5 12 18 14 22 14 21 17 16 18 15 14 23 23 20 16 17 15 18 21 19 17 8 AKM Motorsport 10 8 16 10 14 Ret 15 18 20 16 20 17 22 18 13 9 19 23 20 25 21 25 8 14 17 17 20 Ret Ret 24 23 22 17 22 21 25 27 16 20 23 27 25 30 Ret 27 9 AS Motorsport 15 21 19 16 16 22 20 0 17 21 10 Airflow Racing 22 20 23 24 23 23 Ret Ret 21 Ret 24 27 30 26 27 27 29 24 31 Ret 29 0 11 Maffi Racing 31 29 30 0 Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[k] R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts IMO MIS SPA MNZ LEC MUG VLL

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

See also

• 2023 Euro 4 Championship

Notes

1. Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.^[5]
2. Egozi is an American driver competing under an Italian licence.^[5]
3. Blokhina is Russian, but she competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5]
4. Deligny is a French-Chinese driver competing under a Spanish licence in the first round and under a French licence in the fifth round.^[5]
5. Lund is a Danish-Nicaraguan driver competing under a Costa Rican licence.^[27]
6. Peebles is an Australian driver who competed under an Italian licence in the first round.^[5]
7. Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.^[5]
8. Narac was not registered as a rookie until Round 5.
9. Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.^[5]
10. Ugochukwu finished first but received multiple time penalties for overtakes over the track limits and dangerous behavior on the track. Lindblad inherited the win.
11. Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was completed.